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Pain in Clinical and Laboratory ContextsDepartments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, RP-10, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 Subjects served as their own control when tooth pulp shock was delivered in laboratory and clinical situations. Significantly heightened pain was observed in the clinical dental setting. The dental setting proved more anxiety-provoking and associated with reduced tolerance for pain, suggesting that cognitive contexts of a dental setting may elicit heightened subjective pain responses.
Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 61, No. 6,
772-774 (1982) |
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